WRFG’s Route 66 celebrates a time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the the Jump Blues and
Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and on how those styles
and artists have evolved over the years.
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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023
Song
Artist
Original Album or Label & Date
Boogie Woogie Barbecue
Ari Borger & Igor Prado w/ Junior Watson
Lowdown Boogie 2013
Them There Eyes Varetta Dillard Savoy Records 1952
Easy Street Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s Jump For Joy 2001
Black And Blue
Bunny Briggs / Ruth Brown / Linda Hopkins / Jimmy Slyde / Carrie Smith
Black And Blue (1989 Original Broadway Cast) 1991
Frisco Bay Memphis Slim & The House Rockers Miracle Records 1949
Hot Biscuits Jay McShann Down Beat Records 1949
Lush Head Woman Jimmy Witherspoon Downbeat Records 1949
Jack You’re Dead Rob Stone In Tokyo 2021
Skid Row Boogie Pete Johnson Down Beat Records 1948
Stagger Lee Delbert McClinton Outdated Emotion 2022
Riding High Roy Brown De Luxe Records 1949
Danger Zone Deb Callahan Backbone 2023
I’m A Shy Guy King Cole Trio Capitol Records 1945
Sneaky Pete King Curtis & Jack Dupree Blues At Montreux 1971
You Don’t Love Me T-Bone Walker Imperial Records 1950
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show Big Maybelle Okeh Records 1955
8:00 A.M. WHAT’S HOT ON LA’S CENTRAL AVENUE – MARCH 1952
A countdown of the Top 10 R&B songs played on jukeboxes in the jazz and blues
clubs along Central Avenue in Los Angeles for the week ending March 22, 1952,
as reported in Cash Box Magazine.
10-The Hunt Is On Percy Mayfield Specialty Records 1952
9-Kiss-A-Me Baby Ray Charles Swing Time Records 1952
8-Blow Blow Blow Big Jay McNeely Imperial Recods 1952
7-Dust My Broom Elmore James Trumpet Records 1953
6-Mellow Blues (Part 1) Sonny Thompson King Records 1952
5-Hard Times Charles Brown Aladdin Records 1952
4-My Playful Baby’s Gone Wynonie Harris King Records 1952
3-No More Doggin’ Rosco Gordon RPM Records 1952
2-Night Train Jimmy Forrest United Records 1951
1-Wheel of Fortune Sunny Gale & Eddie Wilcox Derby Records 1952
CENTRAL AVENUE RESOURCES
Cash Box Magazine for March 22, 1952
Kareem Abdul Jabbar: Remembering Central Avenue
Los Angeles Times: Photo Feature on Central Avenue
That Old Black Magic The Tiny Grimes Quintet Atlantic Records 1948
I Cover The Waterfront Billie Holiday Carnegie Hall Concert 1956
I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You Tom Waits Closing Time 1973
Deacon Jones Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1944
The Deacon Moves In Little Esther & The Dominos Federal Records 1951
Deacon’s Hop Bloodest Saxophone Rhythm and Blues 2014
Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well
Bull Moose Jackson
King Records 1948
(sign off)
Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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